Street Children is the children who work or are living at the roadside. It seldom thinks in such a thing and Japan. However, if the world is overlooked, there are many children who have set in such a situation. What thing do such street children do? And why are there the child called street children? Let's study!
Why?
First, why are there the child called street children primarily?
Since their families are poor and their lives were difficult, children had to work, in the case of the child who is working at the roadside. In the case of the child who lives at the roadside, there are many children by whom it becomes impossible for parents to have looked after their child poorly economically, it came to treat with cruelty owing to, and a home is no longer present in a house.
What life do the children who live in the roadside live?
They collect a bottle and cans, make it money or it polishes shoes, or have a passerby give money and are living. They buy cheap food with the slight money. It seems that there are many places which can keep off cold, rain, etc. in a safe place although the place in which street children are present is various. It seems that moreover, street children are living in many cases in a group. It has their clothes on mostly. They wash occasionally or have gathered beautiful old clothes. In the toilet, they borrow toilets, such as a park. Although the child who goes to a public bath is also in a bath, the children who cannot do it, either have removed the flea of the hair of hair mutually.
Number
Street children are said for what 10 million people to be in the world, and supposing they do or, they are said for there to be 100 million people. The exact number is unknown. A 6 or 7 years old to about 17 year-old child is generally called street children. Of course, there are a boy and a girl. It seems that there are more boys in the case of the child who lives in a roadside.
Danger
Since it is living at the roadside, it is next to danger. Violence is used on them, they are in sexual abuse, or have a drug struck forcibly. Since they do not have an adult protect, they have to protect their own bodies personally.